What is the most powerful group that took control of the empire
100
Damascus
Where did the Umayyads move the Muslim capital
100
The caliphate
What began in North Africa and spread across the Red Sea to western Arabia and Syria
100
True
True or False: By 750, the Muslim Empire stretched 6,000 miles from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indus River.
200
Muhamad's daughter
Who is Fatima
200
Sunni
who believed that the first four caliphs were ''rightly guided''
200
the community faced crisis
What happened when Muhammad died
200
Islam
They fought to defend ____ and were willing to struggle to extend its word. What did they want to defend
300
caliphate that was formed by Shi'a Muslims who claimed descent from Muhammad's daughter Fatima
What is The Fatimid
300
True
true or flase: Abu-Bakr had promised the Muslim community he would uphold what Muhammad stood for.
300
Byzantine
The ______ and Sassanid empires had been in conflict for a long period of time and were exhausted militarily.
400
He became the first caliph
In AD 632 what did Abu-Bakr become
400
Shi'a
who believed that Ali, Muhammad's son in law, should have succeeded him
400
Some tribes on the Arabian Peninsula abandoned Islam. Others refused to pay taxes, and a few individuals even declared themselves prophets.
What happened after Muhammad died?
400
One reason for Muslim success was the persecution suffered by people under Byzantine or Sassanid rule because they did not support the official state religions, Christianity or Zoroastrianism.
What was one of the reasons of Muslimss' success
500
False: They did allow them
True or False: Muslims did NOT allow conquered peoples to follow their own religion
500
Muslim state
what is al-Andalus
500
the Muslim state controlled all of Arabia.
what happened when Abu-Bakr died
500
True
True or false: message of Islam offered equality and hope in this world. They were also attracted by the economic benefit for Muslims of not having to pay a poll tax.